Latin text printed in double columns, the in-text etchings of coats of arms blazoned in French in the margins
Engraved title by Matthaus Greuter after Francesco Romanelli. Full-page engraved arms of Taddeo Barberini, Prefect of Rome, to whom the work is dedicated. Head- and tail-pieces, initials
Signatures: a⁴(-a2) b⁴ A-4S⁴ 4T⁸
Includes index, errata, and glossary of Latin heraldic terms giving the Italian equivalents
Copy 1 lacks plate with Barberini arms
Binding, c. 1: old calfskin. Backstrip wanting. Edges sprinkled red. Copy 2: old sprinkled goatskin. Edges of boards and spine tooled in gilt, author & title on spine label in gilt. Page edges red
Copy 1 has pencilled signature of E.K. Waterhouse. Copy 2 has bookplate with arms of Uggla (perhaps Carl Hillebranson Uggla, 1725-1803, writer on heraldry)
Notes
No copyright page found. No table-of-contents pages found. Tight margins. Text in gutter.